Lagos Explosion: More bodies found as recovery operation continues

About 20 bodies have been recovered so far from the scene of the fatal explosion that occurred in the Abule Ado area of Lagos on Sunday.

Emergency responders recovered three more bodies on Monday morning, in addition to 17 bodies that were earlier recovered, PREMIUM TIMES confirmed.

“Some of our staff are still missing, Kola Godfrey and Ari,” Emeka Ogbu, a maintenance staff at Bethlehem College told PREMIUM TIMES, urging the excavator to dig the collapsed security posts whether the men would be found under the rubble. Bethlehem Girls’ College, a Catholic mission school located near the explosion site, was affected by the incident as the school lost its principal and other staff members.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that students and teachers of the college were attending a morning mass when the explosion occurred.

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